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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1951
Page
7
An unofficial Athens County March tally shows 116 deeds filed, the highest since October and well above February. Fees rose to 661.85 dollars, the largest since January 1950, with chattel mortgages reaching 523 and releases totaling 119, alongside 64 rights of way and 9 liens among other instruments.
More than 100 attendees joined forestry demonstrations at B. T. Grover and R Barker farms in Athens County. Frank Needham and William Goodwin led tree marking and cutting shows, with Ernest Gebhart and Irving Dickman detailing planting methods and reforestation efforts. Prize winners in a school poster contest were announced and nursery trees were distributed.
Waterloo and Athens County school officials plus county board members attended a dinner in New Marshfield on Wednesday night. Speaker Robert Drury addressed state school board problems. Attendees included principals and board members from Waterloo York Rome Canaan and other districts. The dinner was prepared by Mildred Bridge and her home economics class.
Ohio employers seek engineers and skilled trades with 267 engineering orders already placed. Salaries range from 300 dollars per month to 7800 dollars yearly. The Ohio Unemployment Bureau notes 34 electrical engineering openings in Akron Cleveland Columbus Middletown Warren and Youngstown. Overseas postings include Japan Europe Panama Okinawa Guam Trieste and Turkey with local living allowances. Further overseas job details available from local BUC employment centers.
Admitted and discharged lists from ShelterinG Arms Hospital include newborns and patients. Notable entries show Mr and Mrs Humphr ey of Glouster welcoming a son and multiple residents from Athens and The Plains with transfers and dismissals.
Athens High School Hi Y Club schedules a school wide dance titled The Deogpatch Drag from 8 to 11 in the school gym. Ronnie Coury Ray Abraham Allen Snyder Jesse Lee and Jim Dilley lead. whole Hi Y group assists with decorations. Dogpatch theme with Daisy Mae and Li'l Abner costumes. prizes for best outfits.
A repeat of Thursdays spring weather brought a welcome rise by Friday morning as the 9 am temperature reached 47 after last night's low of 25. Thursday totaled extremes of 6 and 43.
Robert D. Caris aged 19 from the Cleveland area was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle on an unsafe operation charge filed by city police. The citation dated March 16 had been continued. Caris pleaded innocent but was found guilty.
Athens County transfers detail Joseph B. Marshall and Agnes Marshall to Beatrice Rush Wyatt of Glouster Route 3 with parcels in Samuel Peache subdivision.George C Thornton and wife transfer to Harley Allen Nelsonville Route 2 in Fraction 25 Subdivision 20. Millie Kenny to Wade W Burk and Carl C Buck for Inlet 202 in W W Young addition. Ben Dicken and wife acquire part Outlet Athens from Porter Dicken. J M McConaha to Catharine Arden of River Lot 612 in York Township. Frank W Cone and wife transfer to Frank W Cone Inc for Lot 2761 Alder man Heights Athens. P B Verity to Mrs Mary L Freer and Katherine I Edington for one third interest in Inlet 748 Fairview to Nelsonville.
Delta of Ohio chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma the commerce scholastic honor society will be installed at Ohio University on April 14. Charter members include one honorary, five faculty and 13 students with John W. Galbreath of Columbus to receive honorary membership. Ceremony events run from 4 15 p m in Cutler Hall to Scott Quadrangle and the installation banquet with leaders from University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University as speakers.
Mrs Marie Young aged 60 or 66 died this morning at Mount St Mare Hospital Nelsonville after a illness of several weeks. She leaves a sister Mrs Nellie Duke of Hattiesburg Mississippi. Her husband Charles Young had died previously. Hoodier funeral home New Marshfield plans funeral rites.
Floyd Bretz, 48, of 4 N. Sheter Sr., was fined $30 and costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle after pleading guilty to threatening in a menacing manner. The affidavit by Edger Dallas cites an incident Wednesday night. The mayor suspended $25 of the fine and imposed a 16 day jail term.
Seven building permits covering an estimated valuation of 8700 were filed during March at the office of Safety Service Director Daniel A. Pierce. The list shows no new residences and includes filings for garages, additions, and remodels with varied valuations, led by a business building addition at 4090 and a frame garage at 2006.
Clyde McCail of Statesville and Edison Cooley of 75 West State Street pleaded guilty to intoxication charges at arraignment before Mayor W P Mickle on Friday and were fined ten dollars plus costs.
Athens County commissioners and a citizens’ committee discussed an architect’s contract for remodeling the Children’s Home and building two cottages. The plan includes selling surrounding land to fund the project, with total remodeling cost pegged at 92 000 dollars and each cottage at 75 000 dollars.
The Ohio University library will host a spring exhibition featuring countries represented by students. Current displays focus on China and Brazil, loaned by Philip and Peter Chen and Rebecca Datz, with Colombia and Costa Rica set for next week. The exhibit is coordinated with Dr. Victor Whitehouse and uses UN flag displays.
A brief has been filed in the case of William Mills against Mike J Chakiris and Steves Varnes in the Fourth Judicial Court of Appeals. The dispute, dating to 1948, centers on fees for designing a Court St building with a 800000 figure and a 123506 project bid. The defense seeks a new trial and overturns prior rulings, citing alleged verbal agreements and a 1949 motion unresolved before Judge Williams’ 1950 death.
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